Watch The French Connection

"There are no rules and no holds barred when Popeye cuts loose!"

Alain Charnier is a criminal mastermind based out of France. He is planning on smuggling $32 million dollars worth of heroin into New York City. In Brooklyn, police officers Popeye Doyle and Cloudy notice grocery store owners, the Bocas, in the local neighborhood are speaking with mobsters. The officers choose to stakeout the owner to see if anything interesting develops.

In time, Doyle is able to secure a wiretap on Mr. Boca's phone. This, combined with reports from a local informant, lead Doyle to discover a huge heroin shipment is headed to New York City. Charnier, now in New York, becomes nervous over the presence of Doyle. Nicoli, Charnier's henchman, offers to assassinate Doyle. A failed attempt on Doyle's life leads to a high speed car chase between the assassin and the police officer.